Archive for the ‘Sophomore Year’ Category

I must admit, it feels weird to return to this. When reading my old posts, I am struck by how much I left out, by what I decided to include, and by my apparent lack of spellcheck. I am now a sophomore in college; it’s amazing how much time has passed since I made the first post. I wish I could say that everything was better now that I have moved across the country and that I left my past behind, but as much as I wish that to be true, it isn’t. I think one thing that is striking me is how different it is trying to find an open ear as a survivor instead of as a current victim. I guess the good news update is that I got into my top choice college. I became an EMT my first semester of college and am also an RA. But I feel like I am digressing. I want to update you all on all the good that is in my life now, but I feel like I’m lying when I do. It isn’t that good hasn’t happened; it’s that the hard parts of my life now, ie coping with my past, are so hard to describe that I feel like I am painting a false picture when I go on about the good.

Honestly, I don’t know how I feel about telling people I don’t know about how I’m doing when I am not even telling many of my loved ones. I would love to pour out all my feelings, but I am not nearly as good at that as I was in middle school when you met me. I struggle to say what has happened to me and even typing the words “my father” is foreign and uncomfortably revealing to me now. Thus, I will tell you this: I will try for both you and myself. I feel that you all were there when I needed you, and you should get to see the person I have grown to be. I also wonder if making myself type out everything will help me process it. I am sorry this post is so vague; I figure that by reading my other posts you can probably tell what “it” is and who “he” is. Maybe one day I will feel comfortable typing what happened to me out again, and maybe one day I will be able to say the words again without discomfort or shame. These are my goals, and why I will type.